Indore: A cargo hub at the Indore airport will transform business- especially agri-based- around Indore said the union minister for civil aviation Ajit Singh after formally inaugurating the new airport terminal building of the Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport here on Saturday.
He urged the state government to consider allotting additional land near the airport to Airport Authority of India (AAI) so as to help its expansion.
The minister announced that Gwalior and Khajuraho airports will be developed under the XIIth five-year plan. "The new integrated terminal of the airport has all the facilities of an international airport and it would not take much time to grant it status of international airport," said Singh.
He pointed that air travel has no more remained an elite mode of transport as more and more people are using air services to fly in the domestic sector.
He said the ATF expenses include 40 to 50% of operation cost of airlines and the increasing cost of ATF is hitting the aviation industry badly, which is going through a difficult financial situation. Singh said the state government should support expansion of aviation in tier-II and III cities by reducing taxes on ATF.
15/04/12 Times of India
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